RPC IV.2, 2880 (temporary)

 

Image of specimen #1

 

Coin type
Volume IV.2
Number 2880 (temporary)
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Ephesus
Region Lydia
City Tralles
Reign Antoninus Pius
Person (obv.) Antoninus Pius (Augustus)
Magistrate Publius (grammateus)
Issue Antoninus Pius Issue 2: Similar to Ephesian Issue 2
Dating c. 139–144
Obverse inscription ΑΥ ΚΑΙ ΤΙ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ ΑΝΤΩ[ΝΕΙΝΟϹ]
Obverse design laureate head of Antoninus Pius, right
Reverse inscription ] [Δ]ΙΟϹ ΓΟΝΑΙ ΤΡΑΛΛΙΑΝΩΝ
Reverse design infant Zeus ('in swaddling clothes') reclining on rock (Mt. Ida?), left; above, eagle flying, facing, spreading wings
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 31 mm
Axis 12
Specimens 1 (1 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1666 GRPCL Tralles (formerly Seleukeia) 209, with traces of tooling